Posted on 05/15/2022 9:07:12 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
Vast regions of Japan’s digital universe are stuck in the early aughts. Online banking, airline booking, major newspapers, you name it: Services that have been streamlined by the digital revolution in much of the world are, in Japan, still plagued by convoluted drop-down menus that lead to dead ends, and detailed forms that need to be printed, filled out by pen, and even returned by fax. In a country that justifiably prides itself on excellent customer service, something happens when it comes to relaying information through a user interface displayed on a flat screen.
Japan’s high-quality, mostly physical public infrastructure has actually long disguised its sclerotic digital systems. The juxtaposition is jarring between the country’s clunky digital interfaces and its unrivaled engineering prowess — trains that depart on the minute, escalators and elevators that rarely break down, and heated toilets that will hide your sounds, clean your nether parts and sometimes talk, even sing to you.
By any metric today, Japan’s digital performance is dismal. Among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, Japan is now ranked 27th in digital competitiveness and 22nd in digital talent by the International Institute for Management Development — embarrassingly low for the world’s third-largest economy. A recent McKinsey & Company study revealed that two decades after the government launched its first digital initiative, “e-government,” only 7.5% of its procedures can be completed online. IT and software engineering degrees are less prestigious than those in economics or management, and batches of developer talent are hired from overseas.
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Yep. When men don’t have female companionship, due to most women disdaining “average” men in favor of chasing the same small group of desirable men, then the men who aren’t in the small group of desirable men turn to other ways of getting sexual satisfaction.
The article hits the mark. The Japanese system was designed in the 1950s and 60s to thrive and dominate in the 1980s — but the world moved on, while Japan ossified. Nevertheless, Japanese society remains capable of rapid, radical, reformist changes from above that could revitalize its economy and culture. It remains to be seen though if the necessary leadership and ideas will emerge.
I’ll tell you how. “Tentacle Porn”. ‘Nuff said.
On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi by Ryūshō Kadota.
Toyota, Honda........ new and better than American
Internet nonsense based on dating app data and blog chatter, not real data from valid sources like the General Social Survey.
Men use porn because they want to and like all sin behavior, it's dysfunctional and leads to greater unhappiness. And as always, blame someone else for their behavior.
It’s total BS.
Porn use does not provide feelings of validation and being loved, so it is a poor substitute. In fact, it ironically does the opposite.
They didn’t invent the car.
“heated toilets that will hide your sounds, clean your nether parts and sometimes talk, even sing to you”
I have seen those stocked in an Asian mega market.
So what?
They built the Datsun and it beat everything on the SCCA track and in the class above
I found a 1980s made in Japan digital Casio watch in my late father’s junk drawer. Put in a new battery and it works just fine.
and they did it all in just 3 days... yup. Dat soon...
Because that was the entire point of my post to which you replied.
I agree it is a poor substitution. All attempts to feed oneself that is not God centric is a poor way to do that.
It is no different than a women who sleeps with multie men for attention.
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